AARL December 2007 issue in production

The December issue of AARL (vol. 38 no.4) is at the production stage. It contains:

Jenny Warren, ‘Directors’ Views of the Future of Cataloguing in
Australia and New Zealand: A Survey’

Edmund Balnaves, ‘Ensuring Equitable Participation in a Resource-Sharing Network: Gratisnet Case Study’

Dennis Warren, ‘Lost In Translation: The Reality of Federated Searching’

Jaya Ralph and Sonja Olsen, ‘Podcasting as an Educational Building Block in Academic Libraries’

plus reviews

AARL v38 no3 published

The September issue of AARL (vol 38 no 3) is now available, and subscribers should have received their copies. Its contents are:

Editorial

Bob Pymm and Annemaree Lloyd, Dealing with Digital Collections
Peter Thompson, Twilight of the Gatekeepers: Crisis and Innovation in a Victorian Regional Library, 1867-1880
Rae-Anne Locke, More Than Puppets: Curriculum Collections in Australian Universities
N M Nakata et al, Libraries and Knowledge Centres

Reviews
Publications Received

Reviewers wanted!!

The following titles are in need of a home... and they can be yours in return for a 3-400 word review to be published in AARL. Please contact Bob Pymm if you are interested in reviewing any of the following:

Managing information services: a transformational approach. 2nd ed. Jo Bryson. Aldershot, Hants.: Ashgate, 2006.

Building bridges: collaboration within and beyond the academic library. Anne Langley, Edward G. Gray and KTL Vaughan. Oxford: Chandos, 2006

Remote shelving services. SPEC Kit 295. Thomas C. Deardorff, Gordon J. Aamot. Washington: ARL 2006

Library development. SPEC Kit 297. Karlene Noel Jennings, Jos Wanschers. Washington: ARL 2006

Marketing and managing electronic reserves. Ed. Trevor A. Dawes. NY: Haworth Press, 2006. ISBN 0789034042

Collection development issues in the online environment. Ed. Di Su. NY: Haworth Press, 2007. ISBN 078903087X

Electronic journal management systems: experiences from the field. Ed Gary Ives. Binghampton, NY.: Haworth Press, 2006


Dr Bob Pymm
Reviews editor Australian Academic & Research Libraries (AARL)
School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University
Locked Bag 675, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, AUSTRALIA

Telephone: +61 2 6933 2467 Mobile: 043 737 9812
Fax: +61 2 6933 2733

AARL vol 38 no 3 available soon

The September issue of AARL (vol 38 no 3) is in production. Its contents are:

Editorial

Bob Pymm and Annemaree Lloyd, Dealing with Digital Collections
Peter Thompson, Twilight of the Gatekeepers: Crisis and Innovation in a Victorian Regional Library, 1867-1880
Rae-Anne Locke, More Than Puppets: Curriculum Collections in Australian Universities
N M Nakata et al, Libraries and Knowledge Centres

Reviews
Publications Received

AARL vol 38 no2 published

I'm pleased to report that the printed version of AARL vol 38 no 2 (June 2007) has now been posted out to subscribers. Its contents are:

ARTICLES
My Universe Is Here’: Implications For the Future of Academic Libraries From the Results of a Survey of Researchers - Joan Moncrieff, Peter Macauley and Janine Epps

Towards a National Print Repository for Australia: Where From and Where To? - Paul Genoni

Indigenous Digital Collections - N M Nakata

Australian and US Academic Library Jobs: A Comparison - Mary Anne Kennan, Patricia Willard, Concepción S. Wilson and Fletcher Cole

The Implications of Library Anxiety for Academic Reference Services: A Review of the Literature - Heather Carlile

Reviews and Publications Received

Report on the Innovative Ideas Forum, National Library of Australia, 19 April 2007

Hi there...we are always on the look out for book reviewers. The benefits are you get to do professional reading and tell others about it and...you get to keep the book!

We only expect c 3-400 words and usually the deadline is fairly flexible. So please, think about it and if at all interested email me at rpymm@csu.edu.au noting the areas you might be interested in reviewing. Currently, there are a number of titles related to reference work available and shortly, I'll be adding specific titles to the blog as new items come in. They are then up for grabs!

Dr Bob Pymm

Lecturer, School of Information Studies

Charles Sturt University

Wagga Wagga NSW 2678 Australia

+61 2 6933 2467

Reviews editor, Australian Academic and Research Libraries (AARL) journal

AARL volume 38 number 2 (June 2007) will be mailed out to subscribers during the week of 20 August. There's something for everyone: articles on researchers' views about academic libraries, why Australia needs a national print repository, indigenous digital collections, how Australian academic library jobs compare with the US, and all you ever needed to know about library anxiety. Plus the usual range of reviews, and a report on the NLA's April 2007 Innovative Ideas Forum.